Recorded with Frankie Trumbauer’s Orchestra and the Broadway Bellhops, this CD contains cornetist Beiderbecke’s brightest and best work of the late 1920s, including “Singin’ the Blues,” “I’m Coming, Virginia,” “Ostrich Walk,” “Way Down Yonder in New Orleans,” “Clarinet Marmalade,” “Riverboat Shuffle,” “Wringin’ and Twistin’” as well as his beautiful solo piano composition “In a Mist.” Also featured are guitarist Eddie Lang, trombonist Bill Rank, and clarinetists Don Murray and Jimmy Dorsey.

“The beauty of Beiderbecke’s horn outshone virtually every other brassman in the 1920s other than Louis Armstrong, and he never sounded better than on these records…. Essential music that … belongs in every serious jazz collection.”—All Music Guide